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Academics claim that funding application deadlines are becoming tighter

University of Adelaide is latest institution to bar men from applying for specific roles

Following proposed ban on teaching of gender studies, continent¡¯s scholarly bodies say government is jeopardising Hungary¡¯s academic standing

¡®Dominant discourse of the censor¡¯ must not trump free expression on campus, UWA head says

After a visit to Hungary, Matthew Reisz reflects on how academics can resist simplistic, government-promoted versions of history 

Study offers further insight into the persistent trend for women to be cited less frequently than men

University leaders were given less than 18 hours to respond to state plans to scrap the subject

¡®People who have been around at a university for a while assume they know everything¡­but actually they need to be educated themselves,¡¯ says project leader

Former Columbia University academic Enrichetta Ravina awarded $1.25 million (?953,000) in damages

Pakistani lecturers and students tend to be similar in age, which makes romances inevitable. Universities must do more to raise awareness of the potential fallout of such relationships, say Abur Rehman Cheema and Mehvish Riaz

Four women settle legal action against university over 2008-09 promotion round

The University of the Witwatersrand will not use ¡®Mr¡¯, ¡®Mrs¡¯ or ¡®Miss¡¯ in official communications

New Zealand university library vault delivers blast from the past as history and politics come full circle

Survey reveals widespread prevalence of sexual harassment and bullying in UK specialist institutions

Female academics should follow the lead of women in other sectors and pursue mass claims against their universities, says a Birkbeck scholar

Analysis of THE data finds high publication output and reputation negatively correlated with staff gender balance

First female rector of Escuela Superior Polit¨¦cnica del Litoral wants to challenge sexism in Latin American academic culture

A committee investigating sexual harassment at Makerere University has called for the end of ¡®rampant¡¯ abuse of students by lecturers

Opportunities to discuss ¡®taboo¡¯ subject and new institutional guidelines will help women during the menopause, says University of Manchester

Academic tweets about how he stepped in to prevent colleague being attacked

Tributes paid to pioneering historian who served as first female president of Smith College

Janet Todd¡¯s memoir considers the humiliations of illness and admits to ¡®some embarrassment at not being dead¡¯

Campaigners call for universities and funders to address ¡®systemic issues¡¯ after study claims academic science has ¡®higher¡¯ risk of sexual harassment

Mamokgethi Phakeng keen to engage with students¡¯ concerns, but also wants to put academics back at the heart of the university

The biologist on how a box of tulip bulbs encouraged her to research plants and why women must expand their comfort zone 

Seventy-two per cent of women working in UK universities believe men are at an advantage when pursuing top jobs, Advance HE survey says

World-first study suggests scientific societies may offer an underappreciated avenue for female academics to burst through the glass ceiling

Gender gap at professorial level is largely down to fewer women applying, so default application system could be a solution, researcher suggests

Legal action should not be required to convince universities to do more to help expectant mothers graduate without delay, says John Kaag 

Max Nikias and senior leaders perceived to have failed to act on misconduct reports

Data for English universities show men consistently earn more than women after completing postgraduate degrees

Need to meet demands of technological advances should not overshadow long-standing problems of gender and race, conference told

Calling on women and non-white people to speak first in class has a noble aim, but there are better alternatives, says James Kierstead

Data from °Õ±á·¡¡¯s World University Rankings underscore that many more women are studying some science subjects in the Mena region, but does this translate into employment?

King¡¯s College London survey highlights time-consuming nature of flagship equality charter

Heather Widdows says ¡®powder, paint, leather and heels¡¯ have helped her to ¡®unsettle and undermine the status quo¡¯

Brunel University London vice-chancellor to examine flagship equality scheme used in UK, Ireland and Australia

The #MeToo movement has cast historical behaviour and curricula in a new, shadowy light. Four writers give us their perspectives

NUI Galway¡¯s Athena SWAN award recognises ¡®energetic and sustained¡¯ efforts to improve

Concerns over increasing accounts of alleged sexual violence spark protests

US undergraduate gives presentation in underwear after lecturer questions ¡®short shorts¡¯

There are now more women than men in higher education worldwide. While it would appear to be a victory for gender equality, this imbalance also highlights boys¡¯ educational underachievement. Ellie Bothwell reports

Women are less likely to become principal investigators than equally qualified male scientists, Yale University researchers claim

THE editorial staff and sector experts discuss the gender pay gap, female leaders and the first women allowed to sit university entrance exams in the UK

Schemes asking us to transform our workplaces in the name of equality, diversity and inclusivity are failing. It¡¯s time to hold our institutions to account, says Rebecca Harrison

Thirty years on from the start of the push to get more girls into science, the sense of urgency and commitment is waning, says Karen Russ

If the legislative requirements to respond to gender pay gaps are perceived as weak, the moral imperative for universities to act is strong, argues Anthony Forster 

Female researchers remain comparatively scarce in publishing, with some fields to remain male-dominated for centuries

The inaugural provost of Hereford¡¯s new engineering university on moving from Mexico¡¯s industrial heartland to the UK¡¯s Steel City and life as a gay woman in a male-dominated profession

Reporting regulations too ¡®ambiguous¡¯, allowing institutions to interpret them to their advantage, experts argue

Female chemists are more productive and successful in the job market if they have a female supervisor, analysis shows

The women¡¯s rights lawyer on growing up in Bangladesh, meeting Mother Teresa and uniting against patriarchy 

Universities forced to act after case of Gao Yan, who killed herself after alleged rape in 1998, leads to national outcry

Members of the THE editorial team discuss the gaps in salaries among men and women in higher education 

Mean average pay gap across UK sector stands at 15.9 per cent, with 30 institutions reporting gaps in excess of 20 per cent

It smacks of affirmations like ¡®if you believe it, you can achieve it¡¯, but men¡¯s academic swagger has a dark side

Women and their clothing are scrutinised more closely because men are seen as the norm in academia. Emma Rees considers the codes at play in what is supposedly a radical space

Stanford's Londa Schiebinger warns that failure to account for differing impact of interventions on men and women is costing lives

But male researchers with small children get a boost, study of academics at Italian university finds

Researcher says it is difficult to find portrayals of female scientists that focus on achievement